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Kautilya's Arthashastra 13.2.42

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 13.2.42

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Sanskrit

13.2.42

dravyastrīlolupam āḍhyavidhavābhir vā paramarūpayauvanābhiḥ strībhir dāyanikṣepārtham upanītābhiḥ sattriṇaḥ pralobhayeyuḥ //

When the enemy is fond of wealth or women, he may be beguiled at the sight of rich and beautiful widows brought before him with a plaint for the recovery of a deposit kept by them in the custody of one of their kinsmen; and when he comes to meet with a woman at night as arranged, hidden spies may kill him with weapons or poison.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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